Thousands of tourists travelling to Bristol by train this spring will be able to enjoy free onward travel to anywhere in Bristol, as part of a trial scheme designed to show that customers value integrated transport solutions.
During the three-month trial, the First SuperBus ticket will give First Great Western customers travelling [...]
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Larbert man Mike Hamilton is to cycle 977 miles for a charity trying to find a cure for type 1 diabetes which strikes children and adults suddenly and lasts a lifetime.
The fundraising effort follows his six-year-old nephew Jack being diagnosed with the autoimmune disease – just days after a work colleague found out [...]
Glasgow man Tony McLean is to run the London Marathon in aid of Bliss – the special care baby charity.
His fundraising is a special tribute to the charity after his fiancé received help from Bliss when – on a break in London – their son Alfie was born three months’ prematurely.
Alfie suffered bleeds to his [...]
A team of students has been named Volunteer Group of the Year for their efforts to help improve the passenger experience at First Great Western stations in Devon and Cornwall.
First Group’s Chief Executive, Sir Moir Lockhead and First Great Western’s Managing Director, Mark Hopwood, surprised students at Liskeard station, when they presented them with a [...]
The restoration has begun of a famous Scottish steam engine brought home from South Africa after more than 60 years.
The work is being carried out by Eura Conservation, renowned for its conservation of “historic and culturally-valuable metal artefacts” and by a Glasgow Museums conservation and collections’ team.
Six engineering apprentices from ScotRail, the train operator, will [...]
A Renfrewshire man has been fundraising in aid of a centre for children with developmental difficulties.
And now his efforts have been boosted with a £1,500 donation from First Group, the parent company of ScotRail where he works as a driver manager.
Billy, of Hillpark Avenue, Paisley, has been raising funds – along with colleagues – for [...]
Wemyss Bay Station has been named as the Best Adopted Station in Scotland by Passenger Focus, the independent passenger watchdog.
The 2009 award follows the Friends of Wemyss Bay transforming three rooms for community use on the station concourse.
The rooms were surplus to station requirements. The Friends have:
• Created a second-hand bookshop that trades six days [...]
A Kilmarnock man pushed himself to the limit – and beyond – during the First Iron Monster Challenge on the shores of Loch Ness.
David Ridout, a ScotRail station team manager based at Ayr Station, was eventually forced to retire – after completing two-thirds of the 120km course and suffering two calf strains and a groin [...]
TWO charities have each received £1000 – the prizes won by ScotRail’s safety team in an awards’ competition.
The donations went to Alzheimer Scotland and the Meningitis Trust.
The ScotRail team won two awards at the annual safety awards held by parent company FirstGroup, with the £1000 prizes going to the charities of its choice.
ScotRail’s head of [...]
HAWKS SET TO WAGE WAR ON GULLS AT FIRSTGROUP’S HEADQUARTERS
FirstGroup, the Aberdeen based transport giant, announced today that hawks it had employed to rid its King Street headquarters and bus depot of gulls have been called back for a second tour of duty.
Three hawks were previously employed by First for six weeks last spring. The [...]
